Legal Opinion
Backun v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1940No. 4588PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction and sentence under an indictment charging the appellant Backun and one Zucker with the crime of transporting stolen merchandise of a value in excess of $5,000 in interstate commerce, knowing it to have been stolen, in violation of the National Stolen Property Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 415.' Zucker pleaded guilty and testified for the prosecution. There was evidence to the effect that he was apprehended at a pawnshop in Charlotte, N. C., in possession of a large quantity of silverware, a portion of which was shown to have been stolen a short…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by45 opinions
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